witnesses who spoke we will have more on that with witnesses who spoke in the trial. really fascinating. have a good weekend, my friend. you too. and thanks to at-home for joining me in this. our today the biden campaign released a memo outlining what they see as the state of the 2024 race so far. the big takeaway from that memo is that biden s campaign believes this will be a very close general election. now the memo only mentions donald trump by name twice, and it makes a point of saying that the biden campaign is prepared no matter who emerges as the republican nominee. but it is clear that this campaign memo is about beating donald trump. maga is mentioned 15 times in it. the plan, as it is laid out here, focuses on drawing a contrast between biden and trump and between biden and maga extremism. we saw a little bit of that contrast in action today as president biden visited lewiston, maine. biden spoke in front of the just in time bowling alley, one of the two sit
today as the calls for israel to pause its war on hamas grow louder. what s next and before we can go of the war, ahead. the shady bunch. donald trump jr. and eric trump take the stand in new york s 250 million dollar civil fraud trial. just days before the most indicted former president in u.s. history, and his daughter, ivanka, take the stand. the new gag order in the case. the tough questions the former first family is facing, and why it all means for the three criminal trials against donald trump. and a victorious revival. might one-on-one conversation with tony award winning director kenny leon about bringing ozzy davis is pearly victorious back to broadway for the first time in more than 60 years, and how this satire on race and segregation has incredible relevance today. i m jonathan capehart. this is the saturday show. we start this hour with the latest on the push for a pause in the israel-hamas war. new video in overnight show secretary of state anthony blinke
my first conversation with would be a part of my banned book club, and when i should talk about literature and writing and the pressures that it is under in america. let s do that another time, but thank you for being with us this morning. i appreciate it. tony kushner is a tony award winner in a pulitzer prize-winning activist. thank you so much for watching, alex witt reports begins right now. a very good day of all to you from msnbc world headquarters here in new york. welcome everyone to alex witt reports. it is noon here on the east coast. six pm in gaza, and we begin with breaking news on the israel hamas war. here s what is new at this hour. there you hear it. israel s grinding retaliation in gaza bringing new claims of attacks on schools, refugee camps, and ambulances. and new calls for humanitarian pauses. israel s military temporarily shut down a main highway to allow evacuations in gaza, but israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says a big no to secretary o
ukraine s military funds. [ yelling and chanting ] fighting for president biden s request, tieing funds for israel and humanitarian aid into gaza to ukraine, taiwan and securing the southern border. many are again making the bet that we are too divided, too distracted at home to stay the course. that s what s at stake with president biden s national security funding request. both israel and ukraine democrats are fighting ruthless foes who are out to annihilate them. we will not let hamas or putin win. this as speaker mike johnson right out of the gate challenges the white house supporting military aid to israel but not to ukraine and paying for it by cutting money already approved for the president s irs crackdown on the super rich. the defense secretary responding to more attacks against u.s. troops in syria and iraq. now numbering 25 attacks since the israel/hamas war began. the president has been clear and i have been clear, vice chair, that if that if this d
diane sawyer about going to open houses to steal prescription drugs from strangers medicine cabinets, and matthew perry in his own words. how he wanted to be remembered. kayna whitworth in los angeles with late reporting. the other major headline overseas. protesters in russia surround a flight from tel aviv, shouting anti-semitic slogans. it comes as israel says it s expanding ground operations inside gaza, releasing images of tanks and troops across the border. gaza now on the verge of a humanitarian catastrophe. hundreds storming u.n. warehouses in desperate need of basic supplies. matt rivers standing by in israel. here at home, new reporting on the suspected gunman who went on that massacre in maine. were there missed warning signs? abc news is now learning he tried to buy a gun silencer months prior. trevor ault from maine. the horror on the ice. what a hockey team is calling a freak accident that claimed the life of a former nhl player. weather whiplash sweeping